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I'm Jake, getting your week off to a fast start with a Monday edition of Autoweek TV. Here comes the news:

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Over the weekend, Mazda announced that it will make its Skyactiv-D diesel engine available for racing in the Grand-Am series, beginning next year.

The race engine will use the stock block for the 2.2-liter diesel, along with dual turbochargers.

As Audi and Peugeot have demonstrated in Le Mans racing, diesel engines can dominate the field with excellent power and greater range between pit stops.

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Late on Friday, Audi announced that its U.S. boss, Johan de Nysschen, was leaving the company.

The announcement said that de Nysschen's exit was immediate and that he was leaving to take a new job.

De Nysschen had been running Audi of America for the past seven years, as the luxury brand of Volkswagen racked up big sales gains and added several new vehicles to its lineup. He had been with Audi for nearly 20 years.

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The Circuit of the Americas track outside of Austin, Texas, is racing to be ready in time for its first Formula One race this November.

But the track has added an American Le Mans series race to its schedule of events, beginning next year.

The first ALMS race will be run in Austin in spring 2013. The series joins Formula One, MotoGP and V8 Supercars as major series to visit the track.

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That's the news for today.

Before you go, take a couple of minutes to check out the garage of Autoweek reader Ralph Wilson of New York. Your guide is correspondent Phil Berg.